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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Andrew Griffin

Lloyds and Nationwide online banking down, leaving users locked out of accounts on payday: Live updates

Nationwide, First Direct, Lloyds and Halifax have lloyds have been hit by major outages.

It is the second month in a row that major banks have been hit by IT issues around payday, with experts saying online banking systems often struggle with the high rate of activity as wages and bills go in and out of accounts at the end of each month.

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